The white house has confirmed that an iranian attack on israel is a real and viable threat. National Security Communications adviserjohn kirby has told reporters that the danger was credible and the white house was watching very, very closely. Earlier, a us official told our broadcast partner cbs that strikes could start as early as today although nothing is certain and other outcomes are possible. Iran has been threatening reprisals, for the israeli strike on its consulate in syria, nearly two weeks ago. For its part, israel is threatening to hit back hard if it is subjected to a direct attack by iran. French citizens are being asked not to travel to iran, lebanon, israel and the palestinian territories. The United States has told diplomatic staff and their families, not to travel outside three cities. The uk has also warned against travelling to israel, as has india. Just a moment we will be live in jerusalem and in washington to talk to our correspondence there. First david martin i
Is the uk car industry ready to go electric . I will look at what it could mean for us, and for our big carmakers. In sport adam peaty completes the double double at the World Aquatic Championships. He wins gold in the 50 metres breaststroke, and narrowly misses out on breaking his own world record. It is his second title in budapest. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today is a day of sunshine and showers. Some of the showers will be heavy and thundery, and some of them will merge, giving longer spells of rain across North West Scotland. But it is also going to be pretty windy. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story it is being described as a major step in developing a new Immigration Policy for britain, post brexit. The Home Secretary, amber rudd, is asking independent Migration Experts to analyse the role of eu nationals living and working in the uk. They will report back next september, six months before the uks deadline to leave the Euro
Colonnade signing books, so as soon as the session ends, well head right over there, and you can get your book signed at that point. It is a thrill for me, my names andy brennan, im with par nasties books, and when i got an advance copy of spain in our heart, i thought it was a fantastic and important book, and i told adam a little while ago that that wasnt the case with King Leopolds ghost. In that case his writing and the subject matter was so powerful that i found myself having to put it down regularly and take a breath before i could come back to it. But spain many our hearts in our hearts is an incredible book, and were very, very excited to have adam here. Without further ado, adam hochschild. Okay. Thank you, andy. [applause] and its good to see all of you here in nashville and to know that more of you are watching this on cspan. So my book is about the spanish civil war, and i want to set the context for it by rolling back the clock to the 1930s which was a grim time. As you kn
At issue was simply the difficulty in identifying it. Many would believe that innocents had died in 1692, but most also believed that guilty witches had escaped. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And now booktvs live coverage of the southern festival of books continues with historian adam hoax child and the hopings child and hoax child and the hocks child and the spanish civil war. A couple of quick announcements before he get started. As most of you know, the southern festival of books is free, and we are very thankful to our sponsors for that, but we also encourage all the participants to, please, donate to humanities tennessee, and you can do that at our web site or on our facebook page. The other thing i want you to know is that after the session, adam will be over in the colonnade signing books, so as soon as the session ends, well head right over there, and you can get your book signed at that point. It is a thrill for me, my names andy brennan, im with
Officials hear about that, i just like the camaraderie, the friendship, the atmosphere that that the fans create, win, lose or draw, they are down for the cause of cheering on their gamecocks coach put the word out for fans to wear garnet tonight. Show stopper. Tease ahead to 6pm story going behind the scenes to see how the gamecocks prepare for big games. Every coach in every sport will say it doesnt do you any good to look to far ahead. You have to focus on the next game on the schedule. Even if you have a one versus two showdown coming up in a week or two but carolina head coach dawn staley let us in on a little secret. She admits she and her i know as a Coaching Staff weve probably been prepping for the past week. Sorry month on Little Things that we need to work on in practice and how we increase our chances of winning. Our players had no idea what we were prepping for. Lets get a check of the weather as we take a live look through the wis skycam over your capital meteorologist be